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• Dean Jones: Australia loses a sporting hero far too soon | Geoff Lemon

  24-09-2020 23:35
  
  The swashbuckling former player, who has died aged 59, batted like he had seen it all before and could not wait to do it all againIt is not supposed to unfold like this. Some scraps of information filtering through the internet late on a Thursday evening, unsourced, surely a hoax. The text messages start pinging around between people seeking confirmation from each other. But then the reports grow more firm, confirmation comes through from those in the know. Dean Jones has gone, not beamed up as
  
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• Sam Cook ups Essex tempo to put skids under Eddie Byrom's Somerset revival

  24-09-2020 20:11
  
  Bob Willis Trophy final day two: Somerset 301 all out Cook ends with five for 76 after Byrom hits centuryA mix of frustration and anticipation at Lord’s. There was more disruption from the weather after a sunny morning during which Somerset recovered from a shaky overnight position. The anticipation comes from the fact that there are still three days of play available and the weather is supposed to improve. Related: Essex bowl Somerset out for 301: Bob Willis Trophy final, day two –
  
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• Sam Cook ups Essex tempo to put skids under Byrom's Somerset revival

  24-09-2020 20:11
  
  Bob Willis Trophy Final day two: Somerset 301 all out Cook ends with five for 76 after Eddie Byrom hits centuryA mix of frustration and anticipation at Lord’s. There was more disruption from the weather after a sunny morning during which Somerset recovered from a shaky overnight position. The anticipation comes from the fact that there are still three days of play available and the weather is supposed to improve. Related: Essex bowl Somerset out for 301: Bob Willis Trophy final, day two &n
  
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• Bob Willis Trophy final: Somerset's Eddie Byrom makes ton before Essex fight back

  24-09-2020 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Somerset's Eddie Byrom makes a fine century before Essex claim late wickets on another rain-affected day of the Bob Willis Trophy final.
  
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• Essex bowl Somerset out for 301: Bob Willis Trophy final, day two – as it happened

  24-09-2020 19:09
  
  Essex didn’t have a chance to reply to Somerset’s first innings score, with bad light descending at Lord’s 6.03pm BST The batsmen had just about reached the edge of the pitch before the umpires called it a day. I’m not surprised, it’s growing increasingly murky out there. A fascinating day’s cricket, if again truncated by the pesky rain. Essex know their first target is 301 -with three day’s left anything’s possible. But I think 300 plus against So
  
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• Dean Jones, brilliant attacking batsman and punchy character | Vic Marks

  24-09-2020 18:00
  
  The Australian, who has died at 59, averaged over 46 in Tests and revolutionised one-day cricket, as well as being a no-nonsense coach and punditDean Jones, who died suddenly in Mumbai where he had been doing media work on the IPL, was never one of those Australians who seemed to be riddled with self-doubt. Maybe this is why in recent years he spent so much time on the modern T20 circuit as a pundit, not noted for his discretion, and also as an old-fashioned, no-nonsense coach, most recently for
  
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• Elite sport must find a way to support itself, says minister Nigel Huddleston

  24-09-2020 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elite sport will be expected to "look at ways in which it can support itself" through financial difficulties, the UK sports minister says.
  
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• The Hundred: England players could move teams depending on central contracts

  24-09-2020 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teams in The Hundred face having to re-negotiate with some stars depending on whether or not they are given an England central contract.
  
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• Dean Jones: Former Australia batsman dies aged 59

  24-09-2020 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Australia batsman Dean Jones dies in India, where he has been working as a television commentator, at the age of 59.
  
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• Dean Jones dead: How did former Australia cricketer Dean Jones die?

  24-09-2020 13:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Australian cricket legend Dean Jones has aged 59 in Mumbai. How did Dean Jones die?
  
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• Dean Jones, former Australia cricketer, coach and commentator, dies aged 59

  24-09-2020 13:00
  
  Jones had been working on IPL commentary in MumbaiStar Sports confirms Jones suffered a heart attackDean Jones, the former Australia batsman and cricket coach, has died of a heart attack in Mumbai at the age of 59. Indian TV network Star Sports announced Jones’s death in a statement. Jones was overseas to commentate on the Indian Premier League, which started this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Somerset v Essex: Bob Willis Trophy final, day two – live!

  24-09-2020 11:01
  
  Over-by-over report from the action at Lord’sEssex edge day one despite Byrom’s defiance for SomersetAnd you can email Tanya, tweet @tjaldred or post BTL 12.38am BST Hello from somewhere outside Stoke on Trent where the sun is on the rise and autumn has taken a temporary back step into the cupboard. That’s a convoluted way of saying updates during the first session may be somewhat haphazard - but I’m sure we’ll muddle through.Vic has filed his weather report from NW
  
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• Surreal and a little bit scary: cricket returns to Australia in the Covid era | Megan Schutt

  24-09-2020 04:36
  
  We know we have to put on a show amid high expectations when international sport returns for the first time since the pandemic hit There were no big speeches to mark the occasion, no ceremony. When the Australian women’s team assembled for training in Brisbane on Tuesday morning – the first time we had been together as a group since that historic night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground six months ago – the significance of the occasion did not need to be called out. We all felt it
  
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